School of Theology and Seminary Graduate Papers/Theses
Date of Award
Summer 7-31-2023
Document Type
Graduate Paper
Degree Name
Master of Theological Studies (MTS)
Department
School of Theology and Seminary
First Advisor
Benjamin Durheim, PhD
Subject Categories
Religion
Abstract
Recent attempts at theology impacting transgender individuals from the Catholic bishops in the United States have not only angered and disheartened many but have also failed to address transgender individuals as human persons. Relying on motifs devoid of scientific dialogue, the bishops’ attempts at applying theology to individuals of transgender experience ignores decades of research in both the worlds of the physical and social sciences.
This paper is an attempt to frame the discussion around transgender individuals in a space where theology and science are able to dialogue for their mutual enrichment. Drawing from the experience of the author as a woman of transgender experience while simultaneously in an active ministerial role within a Roman Catholic parochial context humanizes this endeavor and provides necessary context for a theology from below.
Copyright Statement
This paper may be made available for electronic access in current and future electronic storage databases at Saint John’s University Alcuin Library, Collegeville, Minnesota.
Recommended Citation
Nadalin, Maggie, "Transition and Transcendence: An Approach to Constructive Transgender Theology with Insights from Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza and Karl Rahner" (2023). School of Theology and Seminary Graduate Papers/Theses. 1944.
https://digitalcommons.csbsju.edu/sot_papers/1944
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